Stanley, a robotic vehicle designed by a Stanford University team, appeared to earn its creators a $2 million prize on Saturday by being the fastest finisher on a 132-mile course through the Nevada desert. The race, called the Grand Challenge, was a Pentagon project meant to promote the development of technologies for 21st-century automated warfare. |
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